For more than four decades, Henry P. "Hank" Iba reigned as
the "Iron Duke of Defense" in college basketball, including 36
years at Oklahoma State University (formerly Oklahoma A&M). He led Oklahoma
A&M to NCAA championships in 1945 and '46, and he directed the U.S.
Olympic team to two gold medals in 1964 and '68 and one silver medal
in '72.

His A&M/OSU teams won 655 games and lost 316 for a .675 percentage.
He also coached A&M baseball until 1941 with a 90-41 record (a .687
winning percentage), and he assumed the role of athletic director less than
a year after arriving on campus. His basketball teams were known for their
tough, man-for-man defenses and for the "Iba deep freeze" in the
final minutes of close games, but he adjusted to major changes such as the
jump shot and bonus free throws.

Iba, born in Easton, Mo., on Aug. 6, 1904, started his basketball coaching
career at Oklahoma City's Classen High School, where the Comets earned
a 51-5 record in two years and won the state championship in 1928-29. He
led Maryville Teachers College in Missouri to a 101-14 record before coaching
at the University of Colorado for one year and then moving to Oklahoma A&M
in 1935. Overall, his teams won 767 college games.

His 1945-46 NCAA champions were led by Bob Kurland, the game's first
seven-foot player. They beat NYU in the 1945 finals and North Carolina in
the 1946 finals. He was voted coach of the year in both seasons. His 1945
champions also defeated National Invitation Tournament champion, DePaul,
and 6-9 center George Mikan in a classic Red Cross Benefit game.

Iba held the dual position of basketball coach and athletic director
until he retired in 1970. He was elected to the Oklahoma Sports Hall of
Fame, the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, the Missouri Hall of Fame, the Helms Foundation
All-Time Hall of Fame for basketball, and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall
of Fame at Springfield, Mass. Henry Iba died on January 15, 1993, at Stillwater,
Okla.

— Source: Oklahoma Historical Society

Xavier's Chris Mack led the Musketeers to a 26-4 regular-season
record to become the school's first-ever national coach of the year recipient.

2016 Henry Iba Coach of the
Year: Chris Mack, XavierChris Mack, whose Xavier Musketeers were unranked
in preseason Top 25 polls but have climbed to No. 5 this week entering play in the
Big East Conference Tournament, has been selected the winner of the U.S. Basketball
Writers Association's Henry Iba Award for national coach of the year. Mack, in his
seventh season at Xavier, is the first coach in school history to win national coach
of the year honors. He is a 1992 Xavier graduate with a degree in communication arts,
where he was a two-time team captain as a player under then-head coach Pete Gillen.

2015 Henry Iba Coach of the
Year: Tony Bennett, VirginiaVirginia's Tony Bennett is the 2014-15
recipient of the Henry Iba Award, presented annually to the national coach
of the year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. In his sixth season
at Virginia, Bennett, 45, led the Cavaliers to a 30-4 record, which tied
the school record for wins in a season set last season and in 1982-83. For
the second straight season, Virginia won the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season
title. Bennett's career mark at Virginia is a stellar 136-64 (.680 winning
percentage).

2014 Henry Iba Coach of the
Year: Gregg Marshall, Wichita StateWichita State's Gregg Marshall
is the 2013-14 recipient of the Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award, presented
annually to the National Coach of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers
Association. In his seventh season at Wichita State, Marshall, 51, led the
Shockers to a 35-1 record, including a 30-0 regular season, an 18-0 mark
in the Missouri Valley Conference and the conference's regular-season and
tournament titles. For the fifth straight season, the Shockers won at least
25 games and Marshall's career mark at Wichita State is a remarkable 174-71
(.710 winning percentage).

Miami's Jim Larrañaga breathed new life into
the Hurricane program in just two seasons on the job.

2013 Henry Iba Coach of the
Year: Jim Larrañaga, MiamiMiami's Jim Larrañaga is the 2012-13
recipient of the Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award, presented annually to
the National Coach of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.
In his second season at Miami, Larrañaga, 63, has led the Hurricanes to
a 27-6 record, including the school's first Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season
and tournament titles. The 'Canes will make their first NCAA Tournament
appearance since 2008 as a No. 2 seed in the East Region.

2012 Henry Iba Coach of the
Year: Frank Haith, MissouriMissouri's Frank Haith, the Big 12
Conference Coach of the Year, is the 2012 recipient of the Henry Iba Coach
of the Year Award, presented annually to the National Coach of the Year
by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. In his first season at Missouri,
the USBWA District VI Coach of the Year guided a team that was ranked 25th
in the Associated Press' preseason poll and picked fourth in the Big 12
to unexpected heights. Playing with only seven scholarship players for the
most of the season but with a core of seniors in the lineup, Missouri won
18 of its first 19 games.

2011 Henry Iba Coach of the
Year: Mike Brey, Notre DameNotre Dame's Mike Brey, the Big East
Conference Coach of the Year, is the 2011 recipient of the Henry Iba Coach
of the Year Award, presented annually to the National Coach of the Year
by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Despite entering the season
unranked, the Fighting Irish rose to as high as No. 4 in the nation in March
and earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Led by second-team USBWA
All-American Ben Hansbrough, the Fighting Irish finished the season with
a modern-era school record 27 wins, including 25 in the regular season.
The No. 2 seed was the school's highest since the 1981 team was also a second
seed and Notre Dame's 14 Big East Conference wins tied a school mark.

2010 Henry Iba Coach of the
Year: Jim Boeheim, SyracuseSyracuse's Jim Boeheim, the winningest
coach in Big East Conference history and the second winningest active coach
in Division I basketball, is this year’s recipient Henry Iba Coach of the
Year Award, presented annually to the National Coach of the Year by the
U.S. Basketball Writers Association. In a season in which Boeheim won his
800th career game, Syracuse captured its first outright Big East regular-season
title since 1991 and was ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll on March
1.

Kansas' Bill Self accepts the Henry Iba
Award (Photo: Aaron Eckels)

2009 Henry Iba Coach of the
Year: Bill Self, KansasBill Self, who led the Kansas Jayhawks
to a Big 12 regular season title despite not having one starter return from
last year’s national championship team, is this year’s recipient of the
U.S. Basketball Writers Association's Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award.
With a team picked to finish third in the conference in the preseason, Self
had just one player with much experience returning from a year ago – guard
Sherron Collins, who had a 2.2 scoring average last season. But Self molded
the Jayhawks into a contender early and they came on strong down the stretch
to finish with a 25-6 regular season record, a 14-2 mark in the Big 12 and
a top 10 national ranking. The Big 12 named him coach of the year in the
conference.

2008 Henry Iba Coach of the
Year: Keno Davis, DrakeFirst-year Drake University Coach Keno
Davis, who guided the Bulldogs to the school's first NCAA tournament
berth and first Missouri Valley Conference championship in 37 years, has
been selected winner of the Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award by the U.S.
Basketball Writers Association. Davis, 36, engineered Drake to a surprise
regular season MVC championship, its first since 1971, and the school's
first-ever MVC tournament championship. Drake won 21 straight games at one
point, en route to a school-record 28-4 record entering the NCAA tournament.
The Bulldogs were nationally-ranked for eight straight weeks in both the
AP and USA Today/ESPN Coaches polls during the regular season. The Henry
Iba Award for Davis marks the first time a Drake basketball coach has been
named national coach of the year since coaching legend Maury John was honored
in 1969 by the USBWA.